CRM - Wilton 2025
Finished walking my lines yesterday.
Disaster..........tons of squirrel chews, drops chewed and many laterals chewed in half (deer I think). Lots of work to do over the next month.
Seriously thinking about moving my tapping up to Jan. 15. Last two years tapped on Feb. 9th and Feb. 2nd, and got burned by all the warm stretches. Promised myself last year I would move tapping up to January.
How are our fellow NH sugarmakers looking at the season?
Thanks, Bill
2017 - 3 taps hanging buckets.
2018 - 32 taps on 5 gal. buckets.
2019 - New Mason 2x4 XL. 80 taps
2020 - Barn / Sugarhouse finished. 125 taps. NextGen 1x40 RO
2021 - 157 taps, 100 on 3/16 tubing w/two Shurflo set-ups, the rest on buckets
2022 - 225 taps. 175 on 3/16 tubing, rest on buckets.
2023 - 300 taps. 261 on tubing, 39 on 5 gal. buckets. Four Shurflo 12V set-ups.
2024 - 340 taps. New SL 2x4 hybrid pan. Added second 1x40 membrane to RO